Unclassified Controlled Cryptographic Item Access Briefing

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Unclassified Controlled Cryptographic Item Access
Briefing
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OVERVIEW

• What is COMSEC?
• What is a Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)?
• Examples of CCI
• Access
• Safeguarding
• Reporting Requirements
• Contacts

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WHAT IS COMSEC?

• COMSEC (Communications Security)
• Broad term used to describe the measures and
  controls taken to deny unauthorized persons
  information derived from various communication
  sources and ensure the authenticity of such
  communications.

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WHAT IS COMSEC?

• These items can be further categorized into
• Cryptographic key material (CRYPTO)
• Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI)
• Classified devices
• For purposes of this briefing, were concerned
  with Unclassified CCI only

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DEVICES

• CONTROLLED CRYPTOGRAPHIC ITEM
• Unclassified cryptographic device
• Protected as high value property
• Accountable to the National Security Agency
• Identified by nomenclature NSA issued short
  title
• Examples of short titles
• RT 1836
• RT 1478
• RT 1912
• AN ARC 231 V C
• KSV 21
• CCI can always be identified by the Controlled
  Cryptographic Item CCI marking on the items
  faceplate

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KSV 21 card for STE
KSV 21 card is CCI

• Secure Telephone Equipment (STE)
• Secure point-to point voice/data communications
  up to Top Secret
• Unclassified with out the KSV 21 card
• Only the KSV 21 card is accountable

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RT 1478 D C

• Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)
• Unclassified without key material loaded

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RT 1836 C

• Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI)
• Unclassified without key material loaded

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ACCESS

• The following minimum conditions must be met
  prior to granting access to Unclassified CCI
• Need-to-Know determination
• United States Citizenship
• Receive Unclassified CCI Access Briefing from
  COMSEC Custodian, Alternate, or their written
  designated representative

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SAFEGUARDING

• Unclassified CCI
• If not being used or attended by a briefed
  individual, must be secured behind a locked door,
  storage room, etc. and sighted regularly
• If installed on an aircraft, authorization to
  leave unattended depends on the physical security
  controls in place to prevent removal of the
  installed equipment from the aircraft

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SAFEGUARDING

• Do NOT
• Give out CCI to anyone without verifying CCI
  access briefing
• Move CCI to another location without coordinating
  hand receipt movement with the COMSEC Custodian

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SAFEGUARDING

• Hand Receipt Items
• Items Hand Receipted to you by the COMSEC
  Custodian become your personal responsibility and
  may never be transferred by you to another person
  or organization
• To formally transfer CCI, you must contact the
  COMSEC Custodian for hand receipting
• Another properly cleared and briefed person may
  use your items but this does not relieve you of
  its responsibility

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REPORTING REQUIREMENT

• Report any suspected tampering or misuse of CCI
  to the COMSEC Custodian immediately
• Why is it so important to protect CCI?
• The War Fighter will eventually communicate
  classified information with these devices
• Attempts to reverse engineer the CCI
• Ultimately accountable to the National Security
  Agency

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CONTACTS
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QUESTIONS?